774th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Unit History: Activated on 15 December, 1941, at Camp Blanding, Florida. Converted to a towed battalion before arriving at Gourock, Scotland, on 12 June, 1944. Debarked at Utah Beach on 7 August. Joined fighting around Argentan. Ran eastward across France to Lorraine as part of a cavalry screen and the 7th Armored Division. Participated in fighting around Metz starting in September. Fought along the Saar in December and then joined rush north to the Ardennes. Converted to the M36 in late February 1945. Drove to the Rhine in March. Held Rhine west of the Ruhr Pocket in April, then took on military government duties. Attached to: 7th Armored Division; 5th, 80th, 90th, 94th, 95th Infantry divisions; 43d Cavalry Group. History text from the book The Tank Killers by Harry Yeide. Used by permission.

1.) Seek – Strike - Destroy, The Story of the 774th Tank Destroyer Battalion - Book published by Zimmermann in Nürnberg, Germany, 1945. The following sections were scanned from a copy of the book graciously provided by Art Pelkey.

5.) 774th Reunion Placemat - This placemat was sent to me by 774th Tank Destroyer Battalion member Art Pelkey. It identifies each of the unit's credited campaigns of WWII, the places the unit was stationed and the locations of their reunions since 1984. The unit had their 69th Anniversary Reunion in October of 2010, at Myrtle Beach, SC. Forty people attended, including six of the unit's veterans.